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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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