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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston