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?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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