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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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