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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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