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...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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