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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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