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?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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