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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

