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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

