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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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