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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

