On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

