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