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?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

