On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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