On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

