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?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

