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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

