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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

