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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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