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...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

