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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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