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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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