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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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