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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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 Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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