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?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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