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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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