On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

