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?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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