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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

