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?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

