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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

