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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

