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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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