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?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

