On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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