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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

