On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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