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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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