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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

