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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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