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?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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