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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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