On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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