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?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

