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?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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