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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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