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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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