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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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