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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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