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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

