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?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

