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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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