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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

