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?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown