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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

