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?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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