On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

