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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul