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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

