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?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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