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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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