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?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

