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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

