On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

