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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

