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