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?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

