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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

