On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
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
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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