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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

