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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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