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...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...

