On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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