On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

