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?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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