On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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