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?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

