On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

