On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

