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?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

