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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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