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?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown