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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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