On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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