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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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