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?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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