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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

