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?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

