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?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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