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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

