On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Twin Cities Area
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston