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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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