On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

