On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

