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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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