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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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