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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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