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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

