On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

