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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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