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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

