On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...

