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?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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