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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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