On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown