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?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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