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?
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

