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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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