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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

