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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
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
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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