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

