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?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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