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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

