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?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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