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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In 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