On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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