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?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

