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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

