On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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