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