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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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