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?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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