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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 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...

