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?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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