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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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