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?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown