On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

