On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

