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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

