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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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