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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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