On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

