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?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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