On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

