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?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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