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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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