On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

