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?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

