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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

