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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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