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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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