Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City