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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

