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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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