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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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