On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

