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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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