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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
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...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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