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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

