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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

