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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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