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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

