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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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