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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
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...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Old Brewery In Preston