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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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