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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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