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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown