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?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

