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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
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...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
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