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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown