On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

