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?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
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...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

