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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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