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?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

