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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
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