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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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