On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

