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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

