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?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

