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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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