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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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