The first white child born in Olmsted County came into this world in a log cabin that is now a basement recreation room on Rochester’s Pill Hill. Ragnhild Julia Holtan was born Dec. 18, 1854, in the ...

Chippewa County Historical Society to seize opportunity presented by discovery of log cabin to move it to Historic Chippewa Village. It has launched a fundraising effort for the project. Paul Ostlie ...

SCANDIA, Minnesota (WCCO) — A Scandia, Minnesota, man has saved a big part of the state’s Swedish history. “History is very important to this area,” said Jim Lindberg. Lindberg was born and raised in ...

The Iverson Log Cabin joins 22 other buildings in Montevideo's Historic Chippewa Village. The two-story cabin will require restoration in the year ahead. A crew from Thein Moving Company on Friday, ...

When it comes to the cabin tradition in Minnesota and Wisconsin, probably no one knows more than Dale Mulfinger. The Minneapolis-based architect has spent two decades researching and teaching the ...

NEAR LENGBY, Minn.-This is a story about coming full circle. It all started in 1970, when Don Klinke heard about a landowner who wanted pine trees planted on a piece of ground in Clearwater County ...

SCANDIA, Minnesota (WCCO) -- A Scandia, Minnesota, man has saved a big part of the state's Swedish history. "History is very important to this area," said Jim Lindberg. Lindberg was born and raised in ...

A Scandia, Minnesota, man has saved a big part of the state's Swedish history. "History is very important to this area," said Jim Lindberg. Lindberg was born and raised in Scandia. A part of the state ...