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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

