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

