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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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