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...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Old Brewery In Preston