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