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?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

