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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

