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?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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