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?
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

