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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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