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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

