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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

