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?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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