On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

