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?
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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