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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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