On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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