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?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

