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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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