On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

