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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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