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?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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