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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

