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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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