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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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