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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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