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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown