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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown