On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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