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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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