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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

