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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown