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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
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