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?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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