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?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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