On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

