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?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

