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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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