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?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
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...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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