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?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

