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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
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...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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