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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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