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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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