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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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
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