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?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

