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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

