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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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