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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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