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 Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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