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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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