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?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
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