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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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