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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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