On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

