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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
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...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

