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?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
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...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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