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?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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