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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

