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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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 public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

