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