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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

