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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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