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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

