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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

