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?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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