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?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

