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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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