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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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