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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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