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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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