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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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