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?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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