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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

