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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
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
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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