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?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

