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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
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...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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