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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

