On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

