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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

