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?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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