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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

