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?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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