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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital 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