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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
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
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

