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 Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

