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?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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