On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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