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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

