On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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