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?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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