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?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

