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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

