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?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

