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?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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