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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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