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?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston