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?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

