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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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