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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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