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

