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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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