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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

