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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

