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?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

