On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

