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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
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Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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