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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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