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?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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