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?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor 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