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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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