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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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