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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul