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?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
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...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

