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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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