On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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