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?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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