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?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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