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?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown