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?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

