On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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