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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

