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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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