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?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

