On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

