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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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