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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

