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?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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