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?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

