On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

