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?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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