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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

