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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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