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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In 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