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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

