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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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