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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown