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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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