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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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