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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

