On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

