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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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