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?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

