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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

