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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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