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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

