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?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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