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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

