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