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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
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