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?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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