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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston