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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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