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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

