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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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