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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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