On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

