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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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