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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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