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?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

