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?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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