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?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

