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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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