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?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

