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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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