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?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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