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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
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...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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