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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
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...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

