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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

