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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

