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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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