Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didnโt take long for...
Twin Cities Area
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

