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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown