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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

