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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

