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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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