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?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
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