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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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