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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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