On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

