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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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