On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the JamesโYounger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

