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?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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