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