On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown