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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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