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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

