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?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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