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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

