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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

