On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

