On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

