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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

