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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

