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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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