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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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