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

