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?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

