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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
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...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

