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
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
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