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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
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...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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