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
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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