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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

