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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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