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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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