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?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

