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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
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 Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

