On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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