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
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

