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

