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?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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 public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

