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?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Roy Wilkins?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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