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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown