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?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

