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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

