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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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