On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

