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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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