On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

