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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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...

