On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston