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...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

