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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
