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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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