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?
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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