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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
Old Brewery In Preston