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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

