On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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