On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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