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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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