On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
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...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston