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?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

