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?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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