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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

