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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City