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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

