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

