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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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