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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
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...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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