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?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
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...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston