On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
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...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

