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