On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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