On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

