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?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

