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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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