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?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

