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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

