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?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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