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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

