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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

