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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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