On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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