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?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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