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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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