On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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