On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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 Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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