On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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