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?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
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