At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Twin Cities Area
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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