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?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

