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...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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