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?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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