On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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