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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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