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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

