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