On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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