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?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

