On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

