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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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