On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

