On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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