On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

