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?
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
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...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

