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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

