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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

