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?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital 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