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
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

