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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

