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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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