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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

