On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
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...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

