On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House 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...
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...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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