On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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