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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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