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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
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 Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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