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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

