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?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

