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?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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