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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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