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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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