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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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