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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

