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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
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...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

