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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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