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?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

