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 Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

