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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

