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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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