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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

