On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
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...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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