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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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