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?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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