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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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