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

