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?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

