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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...

