On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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