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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

