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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

