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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

