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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

