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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

