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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown