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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

