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...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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