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...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston