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