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?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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