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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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