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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

