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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

