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?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

