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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown