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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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