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?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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