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...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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