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...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown