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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

