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?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

