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...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
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...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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