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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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