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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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