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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston