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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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