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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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