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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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