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?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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